Selden, Sally Coleman <br/><br/>
Human resource practices in state government :  findings from a national survey 

 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Publishers,  sep./oct.2001 
<br/><br/> What are state doing with respect to human resource practices to improve government operations? Using data collected by the Government Performance Project, this article identifies emerging trends and innovations in state personnel systems. Specifically, it provides a national comparison in the areas of personnel authority, workforce planning, selection, classification, and perfomance management. Results show that many states are delegating authority for personnel functions to agencies and managers, shifting their human resource missions to being more proactive and collaborative with agencies, and adopting performance management systems that integrate organizational and individual goals. In short, many states are investing considerable resources to modernize their human resource managment systems